Skip to main content
Expand AU Menu

Economics

Bulletins

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Nicholas Kahn, Josh Gupta_Kagan, and Mary Eschelbach Hansen,  "The Standard of Proof in the Substantiation of Child Abuse and Neglect" Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 14. June 2017.

Michael E. Martell and Mary Eschelbach Hansen, "Self-Identity and the Lesbian Earnings Differential in the U.S." Review of Social Economy 75, June 2017.

Nicholas E. Kahn and Mary Eschelbach, "Measuring Recial Disparities in Foster Care Placement: A Case Study of Texas," Children and Youth Services Review 76, May 2017

Mary Eschelbach Hansen (with Nicholas L. Ziebarth), "Credit Relationships and Business Bankruptcy During the Great Depression," AEJ: Macroeconomics 9, April 2017.

Gabriel Mathy (with Nicolas L. Ziebarth), "How Much Does Political Uncertainty Matter? The Case of Louisiana Under Huey Long," The Journal of Economic History, March 2017.

Boris Gershman (with Quamrul Ashraf and Peter Howitt),  "Banks, Market Organization, and Macroeconomic Performance: An Agent-Based Computational Analysis," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, March 2017. 

Mary Eschelbach Hansen (with Michelle McKinnon Miller), "A New View of Women in Bankruptcy:Evidence from Maryland Since 1940," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal 34, November 2016.

Robert A. Blecker, "The US Economy Since the Crisis:Slow Recovery and Secular Stagnation," European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies:Intervention, 2016.

Robert A. Blecker, "Finance, Distribution, and the Role of Government: Heterodox Perspectives for Understanding the Crisis," Studies in Political Economy, 2016.

Gabriel Mathy, "Stock Volatility, Return Jumps and Uncertainty Shocks During the Great Depression", Financial History Review, July 2016.

Robert Feinberg, “The Determinants of Cartel Duration in Korea” (with Hyunchul Kim and Minsoo Park), Review of Industrial Organization, June 2016.


AU ECONOMISTS IN THE NEWS

Mary Hansen in The Smithsonian 
(5/30/2017) "The Restaurant Doodle That Launched a Political Movement"

Evan Kraft in The Hill
(2/18/17) "Yellen Rightly Defends Wall Street Reform Against House GOP Criticism"
(1/18/17) "Buyers Beware: Inflation Rising After Several Sluggish Years"
(12/27/16) "Trump Boosted Christmas Spending? Doubtful"
(12/15/16) "After Liftoff, Trump-fed Clash Could Be in the Offing in 2017"

Jon Wisman in E-International Relations (01/04/2017), "Exploding Inequality is Killing Democracy"

Jon Wisman in the Huffington Post (07/25/2016), "Can Trump Only Be Stopped by Sanders?"

Boris Gershman in 
AEHN (4/21/16), "Witchcraft Beliefs and the Erosion of Social Capital"
Live Science (5/12/16), "Why Belief in Witchcraft Can Do Harm"
International Business Times (5/10/16), "Witchcraft Belief Creates Antisocial Cultures That Are Bad For Business"
The Independent (5/10/16), "Believing in Witchcraft Can Slow Economic Progress, Researcher Discovers"
RCN Radio (06/21/2016), "Es la Creencia en la Brujeria Factor Desarrollo Economico?"

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

In May 2016, Xuguang Simon Sheng helped co-organize the second workshop on uncertainty, "Impact of Uncertainty Shocks on the Global Economy", in London.

Gabe Mathy's research on Huey Long was cited in JP Morgan Asset Management's "Eye on the Market" newsletter from March 16, 2016.

 

See all News, Events, and Publications